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Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418
1880-1934, engineers; manufacturer of pumping engines, Hunslet, Leeds, England

Hathorn, Davey and Company Limited

1880 - 1934
1813-1871, photographer; biologist, French

Bertsch, Auguste Adolphe

1813 - 1871
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
active 1792-1829, body snatcher, Edinburgh / British

Burke, William

1792 - 1829
1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834
1877-1936, poster artist; artist; illustrator; painter; draughtsman; author, British

Maxwell, Donald

1877 - 1936
1802-1877, artist, mathematician; photographer, British; Welsh

Jones, Calvert Richard

1804 - 1877
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
1883-1908, optical instrument maker, London, England

W Watson and Sons

1882 - 1908
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990

The Daily Mail

1896
1888-1981, scientific instrument, optics, camera and cinema projector manufacturer, Leeds

A. Kershaw and Sons Limited

1888
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816
active from 1880 -? , manufacturer of toilet paper, Englsih

The British Patent Perforated Paper Company Limited

1880
active 1890s-1920s, manufacturer of optical and scientific instruments, Glasgow, Scotland

Gardner and Company

1890
active 1828-1841/1850?, surgical instrument manufacturer, London

J and S Maw

1828
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1874-current (2010) travel logistics agency, night sleeper train company, Belgium

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

1874
1820-current (2009), manufacturer of dental appliances; manufacturer of dentures, England, British

Claudius Ash

1820
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1852 - current (2009), manufacturer of ceramics, Chodziez, Poland

Chodziez

1897
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
1885-current (2010), baby products manufacturer, English; British

Griptight

1885

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Kitching, Alfred

1808 - 1882

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948